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DM Operating Procedures and Guidelines DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop N2-14-26 Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850 Central Data Administration __________________________________ Data Management Operating Procedures and Guidelines __________________________________ September 1, 2013 Prepared by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Information Services (OIS) Enterprise Data Group (EDG) Division of Data Enterprise Services (DDES) 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850 Data Management Operating Procedures and Guidelines Revision\Change Description History Log Revision Date Revision/Change Description Pages Affected Original Baseline N/A Version 3.1 08/31/2009 Add cover page, history log, and table All contents. Insert page numbers. Version 4.0 11/30/2009 Add DM OP-031 and DM OP-032, revise pp 40 – 47 cover page; remove DM G-021 and DM G- pp 70 – 88 022; renumber DM G-023 Version 5.0 3/8/2010 Update DM OP-010 to include new pp 16 operating procedure on foreign key pp 41 – 42 definitions. pp 29 Update DM OP-031 to address an additional UDP to capture National/International Standard Element Names Replace DM OP-023 with New Model Review Procedure Version 5.1 4/27/2010 Update DM OP-008 to further clarify entity p 14 definitions Update DM OP-012 to require p 19 representation terms to be consistent with definitions Version 5.2 5/24/2010 Update DM G-010 and DM G-011 to pp 55 - 57 differentiate between LDM/PDM vs. separate LDM and PDM Version 5.3 7/26/2010 Update DM OP-023 by adding URL for New p 29 Model Review Procedure Version 5.4 9/27/2010 Remove DM OP-024 p 30 Add DM OP-033 p 45 Version 6.0 5/03/2011 Update DM OP-009 and DM OP-012 to pp 15 – 16 reflect change in use of Object Class Terms pp 19 - 21 Version 6.1 10/19/2011 Update DM OP-015 to clarify entity p 21 relationship documentation requirements Version 7.0 10/30/2012 Update DM OP-006, OP-034, G-007 to pp 12, 46, 55 capture new procedures for reusing and updating the Enterprise Logical Data Model (LDM). Version 8.0 9/01/2013 The DM OP&G document was restructured all so that each operating procedure consists of steps and applicable standards and guidelines. All guidelines (G-xxx) were either merged with an existing operating procedure (OP-xxx) or included in a new operating procedure. A Standard Metadata Matrix was added under OP-031 that defines required metadata in a data model by data model type. 09/01/2013 Data Management Operating Procedures and Guidelines Page 2 of 87 Data Management Operating Procedures and Guidelines Table of Contents DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES .................................................................... 5 DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATING PROCEDURES ........................................................................................................ 6 DM OP-001 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES ......................................................... 7 DM OP-002 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING SYSTEM INTERFACES ......................................................................... 8 DM OP-003: OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTUAL DATA MODEL ...................................................... 9 DM OP-004: OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICE NEEDS ............................................ 10 DM OP-005 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPING THE LOGICAL DATA MODEL ............................................................ 11 DM OP-006 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR REUSE OF ENTERPRISE ENTITIES, RELATIONSHIPS AND ATTRIBUTES .................... 12 DM OP-007 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR REUSE OF ENTERPRISE DATA RESOURCES ............................................................. 13 DM OP-008 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DEFINING DATA ENTITIES ..................................................................................... 14 DM OP-009 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR NAMING DATA ENTITIES ....................................................................................... 15 DM OP-010 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DEFINING DATA ATTRIBUTES ............................................................................... 16 DM OP-011 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ANALYZING TYPES OF DATA ATTRIBUTES ............................................................ 17 DM OP-012 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR NAMING DATA ATTRIBUTES ................................................................................. 18 DM OP-013 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR MODELING DERIVED DATA-DELETED ................................................................... 19 DM OP-015 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DEFINING RELATIONSHIPS, CARDINALITY, AND OPTIONALITY ............................. 20 DM OP-016 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGNING A PRIMARY IDENTIFIER ....................................................................... 21 DM OP-017 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR NORMALIZING THE PROJECT LOGICAL DATA MODEL ........................................... 22 DM OP-018 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DOCUMENTING DOMAIN VALUE RULES ................................................................ 23 DM OP-019 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CHECKING COMPLETENESS OF A PROJECT LOGICAL DATA MODEL-DELETED ...... 24 DM OP-020 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DOCUMENTING DATA ISSUES ................................................................................ 25 DM OP-021 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGNING INFORMATION SECURITY CATEGORIES ............................................... 26 DM OP-022 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING THE PROJECT METADATA REPOSITORY ........................................... 27 DM OP-023 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR PERFORMING A QUALITY REVIEW OF THE PROJECT LOGICAL DATA MODEL- DELETED .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 DM OP-024 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL OF DATA MODELS BASED ON BUSINESS DATA VIEWS-DELETED ........ 29 DM OP-025 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTING DATA STABILITY AND GROWTH INFORMATION ............................... 30 DM OP-026 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR COMPLETING THE DATA MODELS ......................................................................... 31 DM OP-027 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING PROJECT DATA MODEL LIBRARY ACCESS ........................................... 32 DM OP-028 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR NAMING AND DEFINING DATA MODELS ................................................................ 33 DM OP-029 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR SELECTING MODEL TYPE ...................................................................................... 34 DM OP-030 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING A PHYSICAL DATA MODEL REVIEW-DELETED ................................ 35 DM OP-031 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CAPTURING THE STANDARD LOGICAL DATA MODEL METADATA ........................ 36 STANDARD METADATA MATRIX .............................................................................................................................................. 37 DM OP-032 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CAPTURING THE STANDARD PHYSICAL DATA MODEL METADATA ....................... 44 DM OP-033: OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR RECORDING DATA MODEL CHANGES ................................................................... 45 DM OP-034: OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR UPDATING THE ELDM ......................................................................................... 46 DM OP-035: OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING A NEW STANDARD TERM. ............................................................... 47 DM OP-036 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGNING DATA ANALYSTS ................................................................................ 50 DM OP-037 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING THE LOGICAL DATA DESIGN KICKOFF MEETING ............................ 51 DM OP-038 OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR DEFINING A SUBJECT AREA ................................................................................. 52 DM OP-039 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING THE DATA ARCHITECTURE REVIEW ................................................ 53 DM OP-040 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR DESIGNATING REPRESENTATION TERM AND DATA TYPE ...................................... 54 DM OP-041 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGNING DATE FORMATS .................................................................................. 55 DM OP-042 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR MODELING SUPERTYPES AND SUBTYPES ............................................................... 56 DM OP-043 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR MANAGING DATA VALUES THROUGH PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ........................... 57 DM OP-044 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING THE PROJECT LOGICAL DATA MODEL FOR PHYSICAL DESIGN ........... 58 DM OP-045 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTING PHYSICAL TABLE OR FILE NAMES ............................................... 59 DM OP-046 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTING PHYSICAL COLUMN OR ELEMENT NAMES ................................... 60 DM OP-047 OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR ASSIGNING DATA PLANNING PARTICIPANTS ....................................................... 62 DM OP-049 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CREATING A BUSINESS PROCESS DIAGRAM .......................................................... 64 DATA MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ................................................................................................................................. 65 09/01/2013 Data Management Operating Procedures and Guidelines Page 3 of 87 Data Management Operating Procedures and Guidelines DM G-001 GUIDELINE FOR ASSIGNING
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